Clinical Nurse Manager 3 ENDOSCOPY

Post Title:

Clinical Nurse Manager 3 – Endoscopy Department

Post Status:

Permanent   

Department

Medical 2 Directorate

Location:

Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 

Reports to:

Directorate Nurse Manager in the Medical 2 Directorate

Salary:

Appointment will be made on Clinical Nurse Manager 3 Grade (72,146 - 81,478) at a point in line with Government pay policy. 

Hours of work: 

Full time, 37.5 hours per week 

Closing Date:

11^th Oct 2026 @12 noon

Please note the hospital reserves the right to close the competition early should a substantial number of applications be received

Position Summary:

The Endoscopy Department at Beaumont Hospital is a highly specialised interventional Unit. We are the referral centre for ERCP, EUS, FNA, and EBUS within the RCSI Group and is the only centre in Ireland performing ESD procedures.

The CNM 3 in The Endoscopy/GI Department is a key member of the Directorate Management Team supporting the Directorate Nurse Manager.

The Clinical Nurse Manager 3 in Endoscopy will have responsibility for engaging with stakeholders to oversee and ensure that the unit is meeting requirements for JAG reaccreditation and upcoming JCI accreditation. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate transformational leadership and innovation which is patient centered. The post holder will be a credible leader with the ability to empower people and develop staff members working within the clinical environment and to ensure that they are fully engaged in the process of change management and service improvement projects. This will include operational and strategic management to ensure the smooth running and efficient use of the available resources. The post holder requires an in-depth knowledge of Risk Management and Clinical Audit as well as educational, research and management skills. The post holder will be expected to liaise with multidisciplinary team members in Beaumont Hospital, RCSI Hospital group and primary care teams in the community where necessary. The post holder may be asked to deputise for the Directorate Nurse Manager in meetings/events relating to Endoscopy. The post holder will continue to establish and build patient pathways with other Endoscopy Services within the RCSI Hospital Group, with the aim is to achieve the best possible clinical outcomes and experience for patients in line with National Clinical Programme: HSE Acute Operations Endoscopy Programme.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Management and Leadership

The Clinical Nurse Manager III in the Endoscopy:

•             Provide professional nursing leadership, ensuring that an appropriate structure is in place to support nursing and HCAs at all levels.

•             Provide a leading role in areas of professional practice, standards and quality of care, staffing, manpower and personnel management.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager to establish and maintain a working partnership with Consultants, NCHD’s, Health & Social Care Professionals and all other members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide an

Efficient quality service.

•             Work with the Directorate Nurse Manager and Endoscopy Clinical Nurse Managers (CNM’s) on priority initiatives within the directorate eg. JAG and JCI.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager with the implementation of plans for nursing, to include, but not limited to, education, research, practice development and clinical audits, in order to meet service and specialty needs.

•             Establish effective working relationships and communication with all of the directorates, across the hospital.

•             Support the Endoscopy MDT & Directorate Nurse Manager with the development, maintenance and continuous review of standards of patient care and devise and apply programmes for evaluating compliance and implementing professional nursing policies and standards.

•             The CNM 3 in The Endoscopy Department will deputise and carry out delegated duties for the Directorate Nurse Manager as required.

•             Coordinate regular meetings with the Nursing management team in Endoscopy and Gastroenterology services.

Professional/Clinical Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse Manager 3, Endoscopy will:

•             Provide a high level of professional and clinical leadership.

•             Provide safe, comprehensive nursing care to service users within the guidelines laid out by NMBI.

•             Promote the development and maintenance of high standards of care and that the care offered is patient centred, sensitive and responsive to service users.

•             Practice and promote nursing according to Professional Clinical Guidelines, National and Area Health Service Executive guidelines, local policies, protocols and guidelines, current legislation.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager with the development of a shared sense of commitment and participation among staff in the management of the Endoscopy Department and the organisational change priorities.

•             Support the Endoscopy MDT & Directorate Nurse Manager in providing quality of service delivery, ensuring effective, efficient and holistic patient care, education, training and practice development.

•             Actively participate in service development initiatives within the Endoscopy and work with the Directorate Nurse Manager to plan at a strategic and local level.

•             Create and maintain clear and effective dissemination of information among all levels of the nursing and the wider multi-disciplinary team, as appropriate.

•             Support the Endoscopy MDT & Directorate Nurse Manager in leading and participating in formalised working groups and committees relating to the ongoing development of the Endoscopy Department & Gastroenterology services.

•             Collaborate with relevant stakeholders in relation to the planning and implementation of patient flow initiatives.

•             Support the Endoscopy MDT & Directorate Nurse Manager in the analysis, evaluation and the forecast of trends related to service requirements and highlight the wider implications for acute and non-acute services.

•             Continuously monitor, suggest and improve upon the services already delivered.

Clinical Governance, Quality Assurance, Risk, Health & Safety

The Clinical Nurse Manager 3, Endoscopy will:

•             Place the values of caring, compassion trust and learning at the core of daily work.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in ensuring effective leadership and systems are in place for the routine audit and collection and evaluation of data relevant to improving patient outcomes.

•             Have a working knowledge of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Standards and the HSE Health & Safety Standards as they apply to the role e.g. Standards for Healthcare, National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections, Hygiene Standards, Decontamination Standards etc.

•             Have a working knowledge of the National KPI’s relating to Outpatient Waiting Times.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in annual service planning following monitoring and analysis of needs and trends in the previous year.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in leading and participating in clinical audit, for example infection prevention & control, hygiene, decontamination standards, nursing metrics.

•             Ensure effective leadership and management in terms of infection prevention control standards, decontamination services, and hygiene services.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in ensuring the Endoscopy Department has an effective process in place for ensuring risks are assessed, managed and followed up in accordance with hospital procedure.

•             Be a visual advocate for safety through preventative action and ensure safety procedures are adhered to and fully implemented.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in the promotion of the reporting of and ensuring adverse incidents are investigated promptly, effectively and with respect for confidentiality.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in system analysis reviews and investigations relating to the Endoscopy Department.

•             Support, promote and actively participate in sustainable energy, water and waste initiatives to create a more sustainable, low carbon and efficient health service.

Human Resource Management

The Clinical Nurse Manager 3, Endoscopy will:

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager, Endoscopy & GI ANP’s, CNM’s & CNS/ CNM2 in managing all nursing and healthcare staff within the service, complying with hospital HR policies and procedures.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager, Endoscopy & GI ANP’s, CNM’s & CNS/ CNM2 to ensure that nursing staff and HCA’s have an established plan in place to complete their mandatory training.  Facilitate nursing staff and HCA’s to continue their education and personal development to support improved organisational performance.

•             Provide support to develop a training module schedule to assist to train rotational staff new to the department & within the department

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager, Endoscopy & GI ANP’s, CNM’s & CNS/ CNM2 to regularly review staff complements and skill-mix in the Endoscopy/GI Department ensuring that staffing is appropriate for current and projected clinical and operational demands.

•             Provide support to CNM’s to ensure maintenance of a high level of staff morale, promoting good communications, team spirit and job satisfaction among nursing, multidisciplinary and support staff within the Endoscopy/GI Department.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager, Endoscopy/GI ANP’s, CNM’s & CNS/ CNM2 in managing sickness and absence in accordance with hospital policy.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager with the monitoring of spending in relation to the nursing budget and reporting of trends as appropriate to the Endoscopy/GI Department.

•             Assist in the interviewing process for the recruitment of nursing and healthcare staff for the Directorate as appropriate and ensure effective local induction takes place.

Financial Performance

The Clinical Nurse Manager 3, Endoscopy will:

•             Actively pursues resource efficiency measures and Value for Money initiatives which contribute to the Endoscopy Department and overall hospital budgetary, financial and headcount challenges.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager by actively participating in the management of the nursing pay and non-pay budget, to highlight variances and take appropriate action, including the management of the pay budget for bank and agency nursing staff within the Endoscopy/GI Department.

•             Support the Directorate Nurse Manager to closely monitor nursing expenditure ensuring effective use of resources.  Providing reports on activity, income and expenditure as appropriate.

Education and Training

 The Clinical Nurse Manager 3, Endoscopy will:

•             Promote and maintain a culture of evidence-based practice for nursing.

•             Encourage the creation of effective local networks to share good practice and information dissemination, as appropriate.

•             Assist the Directorate Nurse Manager in ensuring all statutory requirements relating to nursing practice are met within the Endoscopy Department.

•             Assist the Directorate Nurse Manager, Endoscopy/GI ADON, ANP’s, CNM’s & CNS/ CNM2 in promoting an environment where individual learning and performance combine with organisational learning and quality improvement.

•             Will complete a training needs analysis and devise an induction programme for new staff to the department.

•             Ensure that patient care is based on the latest research findings and constitutes best practice and act as an expert clinical resource for nursing, medical and AHP staff particularly in the specialist area of nursing.

•             Ensure all staff have met and signed off on their annual continuous professional development plans. Develop learning contracts, which link to organisational and speciality specific objectives.

•             Be responsible for people management and lead the introduction and promotion of management tools and initiatives such as Team Based Performance Management, Key Performance Indicators. Continuous Professional Development, Legal Framework and Learning Needs analysis.

•             Attend regular study days and conferences to maintain current knowledge of critical care patients.

•             Liaise with the relevant manager / clinical facilitator to identify staff training needs and assist in the development of clear career pathways for all staff in the department.

•             Facilitate clinical placements for students undertaking Post Graduate courses and advanced training programmes.

•             Facilitate training and development of staff at all levels in the division.

•             Participate in in-service education and represent Beaumont Hospital at national and international meetings and conferences as required.

•             Keep up-to-date with changes in practice/relevant courses specific to the area.

•             Comply with professional developments from the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) and other professional bodies relevant to the profession of nursing.

•             Actively engage in ongoing personal and professional development

The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

Selection Criteria: 

Selection criteria outline the qualifications, skills, knowledge and/or experience that the successful candidate would need to demonstrate for successful discharge of the responsibilities of the post. 

Applications will be assessed on the basis of how well candidates satisfy these criteria.

Mandatory:

·        Be registered in the Relevant Division of the Register of Nurses kept by An Bord Altranais or be entitled to be so registered

·        Have at least 5 years post registration experience of which 2 must be in the speciality or related area

·        Have the clinical. managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role

·        Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development at the appropriate level

·        Be able to coordinate & lead out on JAG in conjunction with the Business managers,

·        Be familiar with the HSE Acute Operations Endoscopy Programme- (National Clinical Programme)

Desirable:

•             Post Registration Qualification in the related area

•             A BSc/ Higher Diploma or equivalent in management/ Industrial Relations is desirable

•             Management qualification or commitment to undertake the same

•             Experience of JCI accreditation